Sir Alex Ferguson’s old assistant backs ex-Chelsea boss for Man Utd job

Rene Meulensteen insists erstwhile Chelsea brag Thomas Tuchel ‘could deal’ with the Manchester United occupation if was helium chosen to regenerate Erik 10 Hag.

Ten Hag has a week to prevention his occupation astatine Old Trafford aft United’s mediocre commencement to the play and a harrowing 3-0 decision to Tottenham astatine the weekend.

Manchester United person decided to instrumentality by Ten Hag contempt the dismal nonaccomplishment to Spurs but volition apt sack the Dutchman unless the squad produces 2 improved performances against Porto, who they look connected Thursday night, and Aston Villa, who they conscionable connected Sunday.

Ten Hag’s adjunct Ruud van Nistelrooy and ex-England manager Gareth Southgate person been linked with Manchester United arsenic they get ever person to pulling the trigger, but Meulensteen believes Tuchel should besides beryllium considered.

Tuchel has enjoyed occurrence to varying degrees astatine Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Bayern Munich. He has been retired of enactment since leaving the Allianz Arena astatine the extremity of past season.

Intriguingly, Manchester United spoke to Tuchel astir perchance replacing Ten Hag implicit the summer earlier yet deciding to springiness their existent brag much time.

‘Thomas Tuchel is simply a beardown quality and a beardown personality, I deliberation helium has a wide thought of however helium wants to play and I deliberation helium could woody with managing a immense nine similar Manchester United,’ Sir Alex Ferguson’s erstwhile adjunct Meulensteen told BoyleSports, who connection the latest Premier League odds.

‘Messages from managers request to beryllium conveyed to the squad very, precise large and very, precise intelligibly and helium is the benignant of idiosyncratic and quality that could grip a nine the size of Manchester United.

‘He has managed immense clubs and helium knows what the Premier League is each about, the lone absorbing origin is wherefore things didn’t advancement aft helium spoke to the nine past summer. Maybe helium had a fewer questions that weren’t answered.

‘Manchester United is lone astir 1 thing. It’s competing for the biggest trophies and that includes the Premier League and doing good arsenic they tin successful the Champions League, Tuchel has shown successful the past that helium tin triumph trophies.’

Meulensteen believes clip is moving retired for Ten Hag to beryllium helium tin instrumentality Manchester United backmost to the apical and has been ‘frustrated’ by the club’s deficiency of progress.

‘Managers should get fixed and instrumentality 18 months to get their feet nether the array and get their benignant crossed to the players arsenic good arsenic make the civilization they privation astatine the club, aft that it is each your task and not of the manager who was determination before,’ helium added.

‘Then you request to spot wide grounds of a operation and individuality connected the transportation but aft a affirmative archetypal season, Erik 10 Hag hasn’t been capable to physique connected that and determination is simply a existent vexation with the deficiency of progress.

‘In the summertime the caller ownership radical spoke to different managers and decided that Ten Hag was the champion mode forward, but a deficiency of progress, inconsistency, and not having a wide individuality connected the transportation person followed.

‘After 2 and a fractional years successful a job, you’d person to accidental that it’s questionable.’

Meulensteen besides said existent Manchester United adjunct manager Van Nistelrooy ticks plentifulness of boxes arsenic the Premier League giants see a change.

‘Ruud van Nistelrooy has plentifulness going for him erstwhile it comes to perchance taking implicit astatine Old Trafford,’ the 60-year-old said.

‘He knows the club, helium knows the expectations of the nine and he’s strong-willed with a precise beardown personality.

‘The cardinal is to marque definite that you tin absorption connected the astir important aspects which are getting the squad playing for you, past erstwhile things calm down you tin bash your champion work.

‘When the performances are not going your mode past the scrutiny becomes truthful big. You request to make a beardown civilization with the players and the unit if you’re going to beryllium a success.

‘Ruud could person a large dilemma connected his hands, if the nine asked him to measurement successful to regenerate Erik 10 Hag.

‘He knows what the nine is similar and helium knows however to make a winning squad similar helium did astatine PSV, but helium volition person loyalty to Ten Hag arsenic each coaches should for the manager.

‘Obviously it wouldn’t beryllium casual and you wouldn’t leap into that concern without reasoning astir it, but alien things person happened successful football.’

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